From setbacks to setups
Friday, September 12, 2014

Elegant design
“A setback in life is a setup for a comeback”.
Those are the words of five women in Selebi-Phikwe who refused to regress into a state of despair and poverty when the firm that employed them folded up at the turn of the millennium.
As the new Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government takes charge, it must act decisively to equip the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) with the tools, laws, and resources needed to combat graft. The time for half-measures is over. DCEC Director-General, Botlhale Makgekgenene’s, recent address to the Public Accounts Committee paints a stark picture. Over five years, leadership instability, chronic underfunding and weak...